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Fur flies as sales take off - Mark Townsend 
LEVEL ONE
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ELEMENTARY
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Pre-reading activities
1 Key Vocabulary
Fill the gaps using these key words from the text:
welfare in favour of popular fur
anti
charity cruel protest
1.
____________ is the soft, thick hair on animals.
2.
A person who is ____________ is unkind and likes to hurt other people or animals.
3.
A ____________ is a group of people who collect money to help other people or animals.
4.
____________ is the health and happiness of people or animals.
5.
To ____________ is to say or show strongly that you do not like something.
6.
If something is ____________, it means that a large number of people like it.
7.
If you are ____________ something, it means that you agree with it.
8.
If, on the other hand you are ____________ something, it means that you do not agree with it.
2 Correct the sentences
The following sentences contain incorrect information. Find the correct information in the text.
1.
Sales of fur in the UK have risen by 45%.
2.
This is the biggest increase in sales since the 1970s.
3.
People threw paint at women wearing fur coats in the 1980s.
4.
In the early 1990s the anti-fur movement protested against the sale of fur.
5.
About 80% of fur shops had to close down.
6.
About 60 animals are killed to make one fur coat.
7.
The supermodel Gisele Bundchen received $50,000 for advertising fur coats.
8.
She also received three white mink coats.

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